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Become a Conflict-Confident Mediator

This practical six-day skills course will provide you with an understanding of all aspects of mediation and enable you to develop a "green L plate" level of competence as a mediator with an appropriate certificate.

Further practice opportunities are available through the monthly CPD practice development programme of role-play and discussion held in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.

Click on 6 Day Mediator Skills for a course description.  

Session Format

Each of the three two-day residential sessions is held on a Thursday and Friday, with a 2 week gap between each session. The sessions are fully interactive, involving discussion, group activities, demonstrations and role-play in a supportive environment. Notes and course reading are provided for pre-reading and subsequent reference. There will be ample opportunity to ask questions about any topic. 

Who would benefit?

People wishing to become mediators.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course you will have gained:

  • Insight into how and why conflict emerges
  • Self-awareness about your own approach to conflict
  • New skills for defusing conflict
  • An understanding of principled negotiation
  • How mediation works in resolving disputes.
  • The stages of a model of mediation.
  • The skills to build a mediation practice.

Dates

Dunkeld

Sept 4&5th ; Oct 2 & 3rd and  23 & 24th 2008

Feb 12 & 13th ; Mar 5 & 6th and 26 & 27th 2009

 Fees & Early Bird Discount

The fee is £3,000 per attendee for the full 6 days, including all accommodation, meals, course literature, podcasts, certification and a personal video of the course. You can attend the first two days and if you decide being a mediator is not for you, you will only be invoiced for these two days. Attendees wishing to take the final certification must have attended all 6 days.

If payment is received 28 days before the course date or earlier, the amount paid can be discounted by 10% from the full course fee.

Multiple Bookings.

Book 2 or more people onto the same course and a 10% discount will be applied to all attendees from the same organisation.

Booking Form

This is an Acrobat PDF form which you can complete and either print your completed form as another PDF form and email it to us or print a paper copy and post it to us.